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| number = ML19091A134 | | number = ML19091A134 | ||
| issue date = 03/13/2019 | | issue date = 03/13/2019 | ||
| title = | | title = NRC Region IV Response to 2019 Impep Questionnaire | ||
| author name = Browder R | | author name = Browder R | ||
| author affiliation = NRC/RGN-IV/DNMS | | author affiliation = NRC/RGN-IV/DNMS | ||
| addressee name = Rakovan L | | addressee name = Rakovan L | ||
| addressee affiliation = NRC/NMSS/DMSST/FSTB | | addressee affiliation = NRC/NMSS/DMSST/FSTB | ||
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| contact person = Rakovan L | | contact person = Rakovan L | ||
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{{#Wiki_filter:From: Browder, Rachel To: Rakovan, Lance Cc: Pruett, Troy | {{#Wiki_filter:From: Browder, Rachel To: Rakovan, Lance Cc: Pruett, Troy; Howell, Linda | ||
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==Subject:== | ==Subject:== | ||
Region IV DNMS Response to the 2019 IMPEP Questionnaire Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 4:52:24 PM Attachments: | Region IV DNMS Response to the 2019 IMPEP Questionnaire Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 4:52:24 PM Attachments: RIV DNMS 2019 IMPEP Questionnaire Response with Attachments - March 13 2019.pdf Mr. Rakovan, This is in response to your memorandum dated October 16, 2018 (ADAMS Accession ML18289A538) to Mr. Kriss M. Kennedy, RIV Regional Administrator, regarding scheduling the Region IV Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) review and requesting the completion of the IMPEP Questionnaire by March 15, 2019. Region IV DNMS has completed the IMPEP Questionnaire, which is provided as an attachment to this email. | ||
RIV DNMS 2019 IMPEP Questionnaire Response with Attachments - March 13 2019.pdf Mr. Rakovan, This is in response to your memorandum dated October 16, 2018 (ADAMS Accession ML18289A538) to Mr. Kriss M. Kennedy, RIV Regional Administrator, regarding scheduling the Region IV Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) review and requesting the completion of the IMPEP Questionnaire by March 15, 2019. | If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. We look forward to having you and your team in our offices for the IMPEP review, scheduled April 1-5, 2019. | ||
Region IV DNMS has completed the IMPEP Questionnaire, which is provided as an attachment to this email. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. | |||
We look forward to having you and your team in our offices for the IMPEP review, scheduled April 1-5, 2019. | |||
Sincerely, Rachel Rachel S. Browder, CHP Sr. Health Physicist US NRC, Region IV 1600 East Lamar Blvd. | Sincerely, Rachel Rachel S. Browder, CHP Sr. Health Physicist US NRC, Region IV 1600 East Lamar Blvd. | ||
Arlington, TX 76011-4511 Work: | Arlington, TX 76011-4511 Work: 817-200-1452 Cell: 817-946-4812 Main: 817.860.8100 | ||
2019 | 2019 IMPEP Review NRC Region IV DNMS | ||
2 RESPONSE: Region IV provided the organization charts in Attachment 1. The internal budget and staffing plan will be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review. 4.Please provide a listing of all new professional personnel hired into | Approved by OMB 1 Control No. 3150-0183 Expires 01/31/2020 INTEGRATED MATERIALS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAM QUESTIONNAIRE NRC Region IV Materials Program Reporting Period: May 3, 2014 - April 5, 2019 Note: If there has been no change in the response to a specific question since the last IMPEP questionnaire, the State or Region may copy the previous answer, if appropriate. | ||
A. GENERAL | |||
: 1. Please prepare a summary of the status of the State's or Region's actions taken in response to each of the open recommendations from previous IMPEP reviews. | |||
Nov 2010 (Chief Examiner) Richard | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
RESPONSE: | Region IV did not have any open recommendations from previous IMPEP reviews. Therefore, there is no response necessary. Region IV DNMS performed several audits during the review period and those audits and the associated corrective actions will be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review, as requested. | ||
-Brown has been in the Region IV DNMS office and is qualified | B. COMMON PERFORMANCE INDICATORS I. Technical Staffing and Training | ||
: 2. Please provide organization charts, including names and positions for Region IV and the Division of Nuclear Materials Safety. | |||
- Present. He was extended for another year starting January 2019. It is unknown when he will return to the office. | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
Region IV provided the organization charts in Attachment 1. | |||
: 3. Please provide a staffing plan, or complete a listing using the suggested format below, of the professional (technical) full-time equivalents (FTE) applied to the radioactive materials program and uranium recovery program by individual and position. | |||
1Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary collection request: 53 hours. Forward comments regarding burden estimate to the Records Management Branch (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0183), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection. | |||
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===RESPONSE=== | |||
Region IV provided the organization charts in Attachment 1. The internal budget and staffing plan will be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review. | |||
: 4. Please provide a listing of all new professional personnel hired into your radioactive materials program and uranium recovery program since the last review, indicate the date of hire; the degree(s) they received, if applicable; additional training; and years of experience in health physics or other disciplines, as appropriate. | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
Hire Qualifications Name Position Degree Comment Date IMC Date MATERIALS Allyce Health DNMS: Interim: Feb 2019 BS: Nuclear Emergency Bolger Physicist 11/26/17 1248 Engineering, Response App B Rensselaer Coordinator Polytechnic Reactor R1: 1245 May 2013 Institute, NY Allegation / | |||
Inspector 6/19/11 App C1 Enforcement Specialist DECOMMISSIONING Stephanie Health DNMS: 1248 Aug 2018 BS: Electrical Fire Protection Anderson Physicist 7/23/17 App F Engineering, specialty Tuskegee Reactor R1: 1245 C1 May 2013 University, AL Inspector 6/19/11 1245 C2 May 2016 Austin Health DNMS: 1248 (In BA: Math, Rice Naval Nuclear Roberts Physicist 11/12/17 App F Progress) University Power Program MS: | |||
Rx Systems HQ: Engineering Engineer 1/25/15 Management, Old Dominion University Chris DNMS: BS: Nuclear Operations Steely Health 10/1/17 1248 Engineering specialty Oct 2018 Physicist App F Technology, 2 | |||
Hire Qualifications Name Position Degree Comment Date IMC Date R4: Thomas Edison Reactor 7/20/08 1245, C1 May 2010 State Inspector University, NJ License 1245 Examiner C10 Jan 2010 Naval Nuclear (Examiner) Power Nov 2010 Program (Chief Examiner) | |||
Richard Health DNMS: 1248 On Active BS: Physics, Kaiser Physicist 12/29/2014 App F Military Northwestern Duty: State University of 2/3/2015 - Louisiana. | |||
3/17/2016 MS: Physics, 2/23/2017 - University of Present Texas at Arlington | |||
: 5. Please list all professional staff who have not yet met the qualification requirements for a radioactive materials license reviewer, inspector, or uranium recovery inspector. For each, list the courses or equivalent training/experience they need and a tentative schedule for completion of these requirements. | |||
RESPONSE: Following is a summary of the staff who are in progress of their qualification requirements. | |||
Allyce Bolger started in Region IV DNMS on November 26, 2017. She started her Manual Chapter 1248, Appendix F, Decommissioning qualification and changed to Appendix B, Materials Inspector qualification program, based on staff resources in the Division. On February 22, 2019, she obtained her interim qualification under Appendix B, for certain program codes. She lacks several OJTs for other program code modalities. It is anticipated that once those inspections are completed, shell obtain her full qualification in March 2020. | |||
Austin Roberts started Region IV DNMS on November 12, 2017. He started Manual Chapter 1248, Appendix F, Decommissioning qualification. Three training courses remain, along with an inspector accompaniment of a complex materials facility and some ISAs. Tentative completion of his full qualification is expected by July 2019. | |||
Martha Poston-Brown has been in the Region IV DNMS office and is qualified as an inspector in multiple areas. Her most recent cross-qualification is IMC 1248, Appendix F, Decommissioning. She plans to perform her OJT at Ft. Calhoun Station (Reactor Decommissioning) in May 2019. Once completed, shell obtain her full qualification. | |||
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Richard Kaiser started in Region IV DNMS on December 29, 2014. He started his Manual Chapter 1248 training; however, he was called to active military duty from 2/3/2015 - 3/17/2016 and again from 2/23/2017 - Present. He was extended for another year starting January 2019. It is unknown when he will return to the office. | |||
: 6. Identify any changes to your qualification and training procedure that occurred during the review period. | : 6. Identify any changes to your qualification and training procedure that occurred during the review period. | ||
RESPONSE | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
Region IV implements the NRC qualification program, which is available under the respective manual chapter on the NRC public website. No action is required by the Region IV office. | |||
: 7. Please identify the technical staff that left your radioactive materials program during the review period and indicate the date they left. | : 7. Please identify the technical staff that left your radioactive materials program during the review period and indicate the date they left. | ||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
Region IV provided the technical staff that left the program in the organization charts in Attachment 1. In addition, a summary is provided below. | |||
Name, Title Date Left DNMS Tony Vegal, Division Director July 27, 2014 Mark Shaffer, Division Director October 14, 2018 Jack Whitten, Branch Chief October 14, 2017 Vivian Campbell, Branch Chief April 28, 2018 Michael Vasquez, Branch Chief January 8, 2018 Mike Hay, Branch Chief October 1, 2018 Ray Kellar, Branch Chief July 2018 Tony Gaines, Sr. HP, Materials Inspector May 30, 2015 Rick Munoz, HP, Materials Inspector January 9, 2016 Pete Hernandez, HP, Materials Inspector in training April 2018 Casey Alldredge, HP, License Reviewer in training October 2016 4 | |||
Name, Title Date Left DNMS Gerry Schlapper, HP, Decommissioning March 31, 2017 Don Stearns, HP, Decommissioning April 29, 2017 Bernadette Baca, HP, Uranium Recovery October 1, 2018 Colleen Murnahan, Licensing Assistant September 26, 2014 Jennifer Bridges, Licensing Assistant March 2017 | |||
: 8. List any vacant positions in your radioactive materials program, the length of time each position has been vacant, and a brief summary of efforts to fill the vacancy. | : 8. List any vacant positions in your radioactive materials program, the length of time each position has been vacant, and a brief summary of efforts to fill the vacancy. | ||
RESPONSE | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
Region IV provided the organizational charts in Attachment 1, which captures the vacancies during the review period. | |||
II. Status of Materials Inspection Program | II. Status of Materials Inspection Program | ||
: 10. Please identify individual licensees or categories of licensees the Region is inspecting less frequently than called for in | : 10. Please identify individual licensees or categories of licensees the Region is inspecting less frequently than called for in NRCs Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2800 and for uranium recovery, and explain the reason for the difference. | ||
RESPONSE | The list only needs to include the following information: license category or licensee name and license number, your inspection interval, and rationale for the difference. | ||
For Uranium Program under IMC 2641 for in | |||
-situ leach facilities, and IMC 2801 for decommissioning uranium sites, Region IV currently inspects at the frequency described in the manual and has implemented a process to document any changes to the inspection frequency. In addition, | ===RESPONSE=== | ||
Further specifics are provided below. | For Materials Program under IMC 2800, Region IV inspects facilities at the frequency described in the manual and has not modified the frequency. | ||
Facilities that have licenses but have not started any construction activities, have not been inspected and the IMC 2641 does not specify when pre-operation or initial inspections must be performed. Going forward, the Region IV Divisional office will contact the licensee annually and document the status of the facility in order to determine when to start inspection activities. In addition, feedback form for IMC 2641 will be provided to the Program Office to further clarify this process | For Uranium Program under IMC 2641 for in-situ leach facilities, and IMC 2801 for decommissioning uranium sites, Region IV currently inspects at the frequency described in the manual and has implemented a process to document any changes to the inspection frequency. In addition, the Division is pursuing further clarifications for certain types of facilities described in the manual. Further specifics are provided below. | ||
* Facilities that have licenses but have not started any construction activities, have not been inspected and the IMC 2641 does not specify when pre-operation or initial inspections must be performed. Going forward, the Region IV Divisional office will contact the licensee annually and document the status of the facility in order to determine when to start inspection activities. In addition, feedback form for IMC 2641 will be provided to the Program Office to further clarify this process. | |||
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* The decision to reschedule or postpone inspections for operating and decommissioning uranium facilities due to the status of licensee activities, weather, Region IV Divisional office staffing and workload, will be documented in an internal Memo approved by management, as specified in each of the IMCs. | |||
: 11. Please provide the number of routine inspections of Priority 1, 2, and 3 licensees, as defined in IMC 2800 and the number of initial inspections that were completed during each year of the review period. | : 11. Please provide the number of routine inspections of Priority 1, 2, and 3 licensees, as defined in IMC 2800 and the number of initial inspections that were completed during each year of the review period. | ||
7 | ===RESPONSE=== | ||
The summary of Uranium Recovery inspections conducted overdue is available in Attachment | The information for materials licensees is available in WBL. No action required by Region IV. | ||
: | Please see the following summary for Uranium recovery data. The detailed inspection information will be made available during the review. In addition, the master inspection plans (MIPs) generated for each year, will be made available during the IMPEP review. | ||
RESPONSE | URANIUM RECOVERY DATA FISCAL YEAR Total number of Number of overdue inspections reports 2014 (since May 2014) 7 5 2015 7 3 2016 18 0 2017 11 2 2018 14 1 TOTAL 57 11 | ||
: 12. Please submit a table, or a computer printout, that identifies inspections of Priority 1, 2, and 3 licensees and initial inspections that were conducted overdue. | |||
The information for each Uranium Recovery license will be made available during the IMPEP review. In addition, a summary of the overdue inspections is provided in Attachment | At a minimum, the list should include the following information for each inspection that was conducted overdue during the review period: | ||
(1) Licensee Name (2) License Number (3) Priority (IMC 2800) | |||
For those facilities that have a license and have not yet started construction activities, the Region IV Divisional office will contact the licensee annually and document the status of the facility in order to determine when to start inspection activities. This activity is being tracked in a Branch Action Item tracker. In addition, the Region has developed a more detailed Master Inspection Plan to track required inspections under the Uranium and Decommissioning programs. | (4) Last inspection date or license issuance date, if initial inspection (5) Date Due (6) Date Performed (7) Amount of Time Overdue (8) Date inspection findings issued 6 | ||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
The information for materials licensees is available in WBL. No action required by Region IV. | |||
The summary of Uranium Recovery inspections conducted overdue is available in Attachment 2. | |||
: 13. Please submit a table or computer printout that identifies any Priority 1, 2, and 3 licensees and initial inspections that are currently overdue, per IMC 2800. At a minimum, the list should include the same information for each overdue inspection provided for Question 12 plus your action plan for completing the inspection. Also include your plan for completing the overdue inspections. | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
The information for materials licensees is available in WBL. There are no specific licensees that are overdue for routine inspections based on the criteria under IMC 2800. In addition, there are no overdue field office inspections based solely on the calculation criteria under IMC 2800. However, Region IV is making a concerted effort to inspect permanent field office(s) authorized on licenses, starting with Priority 1s, which have never been inspected. Therefore, these inspections could be considered overdue based on IMC 2800 criteria that Inspection of various field offices should be rotated to assess the licensee's entire program over several inspection cycles. Some of the permanent field offices have not been inspected over several inspection cycles. More detailed information on the proposed permanent field office inspections will be available during the INPEP review, as requested. | |||
The information for each Uranium Recovery license will be made available during the IMPEP review. In addition, a summary of the overdue inspections is provided in Attachment 2. During 2018 and 2019, Region IV made a concerted effort to perform all overdue inspections at operating and decommissioning uranium facilities. For those facilities that have a license and have not yet started construction activities, the Region IV Divisional office will contact the licensee annually and document the status of the facility in order to determine when to start inspection activities. This activity is being tracked in a Branch Action Item tracker. In addition, the Region has developed a more detailed Master Inspection Plan to track required inspections under the Uranium and Decommissioning programs. | |||
: 14. Please provide the number of reciprocity licensees that were candidates for inspection per year as described in IMC 1220 and indicate the number of reciprocity inspections of candidate licensees that were completed each year during the review period. | : 14. Please provide the number of reciprocity licensees that were candidates for inspection per year as described in IMC 1220 and indicate the number of reciprocity inspections of candidate licensees that were completed each year during the review period. | ||
RESPONSE | |||
-Director instructing that a non | ===RESPONSE=== | ||
-candidate whose inspection | During the past five calendar years, DNMS has only met the required inspection metric of 20% of reciprocity candidates once, in calendar year 2017, and only then by the then-Director instructing that a non-candidate whose inspection 7 | ||
CY Total Inspections | |||
resulted in escalated enforcement will be counted towards the 20%. The table below summarizes the Region IVs performance with respect to reciprocity. | |||
CY Total Inspections Inspections Failed Total % of Inspections of Pri-5 of Attempted Candidates Candidates (Candidates and Candidates Inspections (Inspections & | |||
Attempts) Attempts) 2014 4 1 3 1 44 9.0 2015 5 2 5 0 40 12.5 2016 6 1 7* 0 46 13.0 2017 12 5 8 4 37 32.4 2018 7 2 5 2 36 19.4 thru Oct. | |||
2018** 8 2 5 3 41 19.5 | |||
* Did not count one of the inspections as a candidate due to previous inspection performed during 2015. | * Did not count one of the inspections as a candidate due to previous inspection performed during 2015. | ||
** Updated data for 2018 after the Audit was completed. | |||
III. Technical Quality of Inspections | III. Technical Quality of Inspections | ||
: 15. What, if any, changes were made to your written inspection procedures during the reporting period? | : 15. What, if any, changes were made to your written inspection procedures during the reporting period? | ||
RESPONSE | |||
: 16. Prepare a table showing the number and types of supervisory accompaniments made during the review period. Include: | ===RESPONSE=== | ||
Inspector | Region IV uses the NRC inspection procedures available on the public website. | ||
No action required by Region IV. | |||
: 17. Describe or provide an update on your instrumentation, methods of calibration, and laboratory capabilities. Are all instruments properly calibrated at the present time? Were there sufficient calibrated instruments available throughout the review period? | : 16. Prepare a table showing the number and types of supervisory accompaniments made during the review period. Include: | ||
RESPONSE | Inspector Supervisor License Category Date | ||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
The information for Branch Chief accompaniments of inspectors is available in Attachment 3. In addition, the Region IV Policy Guides applicable to accompaniments will be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review. | |||
: 17. Describe or provide an update on your instrumentation, methods of calibration, and laboratory capabilities. Are all instruments properly calibrated at the present time? Were there sufficient calibrated instruments available throughout the review period? | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
Region IV maintains an inventory list of instruments available to staff. The Project Manager (Eric Simpson, CHP) for the instrument program has been proactive in ensuring the number and types of instruments are available and calibrated for the nature of radioactive materials encountered in the region to support the reactor, materials, and uranium programs. The inventory list is substantial and will be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review. In 8 | |||
addition, the procedures that govern the instrumentation program will also be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review. | |||
IV. Technical Quality of Licensing Actions | IV. Technical Quality of Licensing Actions | ||
: 18. How many specific radioactive material licenses does your program regulate at this time? | : 18. How many specific radioactive material licenses does your program regulate at this time? | ||
11 RESPONSE: Region IV summarized the renewals that exceeded one year or more in the Table below. | ===RESPONSE=== | ||
In addition, the Region reviewed and summarized all licensing actions that exceeded the internal processing metric, and will provide the information to the IMPEP Team during the review, as requested. | Region IV uses WBL to maintain the specific radioactive material licenses. No action required by Region IV. | ||
FY, Action Type Control Number | : 19. Please identify any major, unusual, or complex licenses which were issued, received a major amendment, were terminated, decommissioned, submitted a bankruptcy notification or renewed in this period. | ||
: 23. For Agreement States, please provide a list of any reportable incidents not previously submitted to NRC (See Procedure SA | |||
-300, Reporting Material Events , for additional guidance, OMB clearance number 3150 | ===RESPONSE=== | ||
-0178). RESPONSE | Please see the following Table for the actions that Region IV identified as major, unusual, or complex. Please note that Headquarters processes all bankruptcy notifications; therefore, those cases are not provided in the following table. | ||
License Docket Control Action Type Licensee Request Number Number Number Complex EPA, Decommissioning 05-14892-02 030-08754 609555 (Amendment) Region 8 University of Complex Alaska, Decommissioning 50-02430-07 030-01179 610951 (Amendment) | |||
RESPONSE | Fairbanks Complex CH2M Hill, Inc. New License (D&D) 43-35500-01 030-39123 609565 (New) | ||
PG 9007B, | New License Complex Adanta, Inc. (D&D) Suspended 04-35485-01 030-39106 602775 (New) for first time New D&D license; Complex Adanta, Inc. Suspended for 04-35485-01 030-39135 610270 (New) second time other service Complex Radiation sources less than 11-35111-01 030-38691 591864 (Amendment) Solutions, LLC or equal to 100 Ci Dept of the Medical Broad Complex Army, William Scope changing to 42-05255-07 030-03260 591759 (Amendment) Beaumont Army limited specific Medical Center Complex Hill AFB, US Air Decommissioning 42-23539-01AF 030-28641 584307 (MML) Force TAR Acuren USA Instadose 50-32443-01 030-38596 594399 9 | ||
0858.16, | |||
License Docket Control Action Type Licensee Request Number Number Number TAR DBI, Inc. Instadose 15-29301-02 030-38754 592504 10 CFR 20.2002 Core 609095 alternate waste TAR Laboratories, 42-26928-01 030-30429 and disposal method Inc. 588388 (ML16020A283) | |||
University of TAR Alaska Decommissioning 50-02430-07 030-01179 590694 Fairbanks Providence TAR HDR 50-17838-01 030-13426 609722 Alaska | |||
: 20. Discuss any variances in licensing policies and procedures or exemptions from the regulations granted during the review period. | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
Region IV Division did not issue any variances in licensing policies and procedures during the review period. The exemptions granted during the review period were under 10 CFR 30.12 exemption requests. Following are the total number of 10 CFR 30.12 exemptions processed in accordance with the guidance provided by the Program Office. Further details are available upon request. | |||
Fiscal Year Total Number of Exemptions Processed FY 2014 10 FY 2015 14 FY 2016 17 FY 2017 35 FY 2018 38 FY 2019 until 1/31/19 13 TOTAL 127 | |||
: 21. What, if any, changes were made in your written licensing procedures (new procedures, updates, policy memoranda, etc.) during the reporting period? | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
Region IV utilizes the guidance provided in the NUREG-1556 series and the information provided on the Materials Licensees Toolkits on the NRC website. | |||
: 22. Identify by licensee name and license number any renewal applications that have been pending for one year or more. Please indicate why these reviews have been delayed and describe your action plan to reduce the backlog. | |||
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===RESPONSE=== | |||
Region IV summarized the renewals that exceeded one year or more in the Table below. In addition, the Region reviewed and summarized all licensing actions that exceeded the internal processing metric, and will provide the information to the IMPEP Team during the review, as requested. | |||
FY, Action Type Control Number License Docket Licensee Reason For Delay Process Time Number Number There were a large number of FY16, Renewal Providence renewals during the year in 585345 Alaska Medical 50-17838-01 030-13426 combination with working 454 days Center groups that contributed to the license reviewers workload. | |||
There were a large number of FY16, Renewal renewals during the year in Calumet Montana 584286 25-27488-01 030-33433 combination with working Refining 585 days groups that contributed to the license reviewers workload. | |||
V. Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities | |||
: 23. For Agreement States, please provide a list of any reportable incidents not previously submitted to NRC (See Procedure SA-300, Reporting Material Events, for additional guidance, OMB clearance number 3150-0178). | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
Question #23 is not applicable to Region IV. | |||
: 24. Identify any changes to your procedures for responding to incidents and allegations that occurred during the period of this review. | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
Region IV made changes to its procedures for responding to incidents and allegations. The procedures are identified below and will be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review. | |||
* PG 9007B, Reactor Inspection and Licensee Event Report (LER) Guidance for DNMS Staff, dated January 3, 2019 | |||
* PG 9007B, Handling of Materials Licensee Event Reports (LERs) by DNMS Staff dated August 26, 2009. | |||
* 0858.16, Management of Allegations, January 14, 2015 | |||
* 0858.15, Management of Allegations, May 26, 2014 11 | |||
C. NON-COMMON PERFORMANCE INDICATORS I. Compatibility Requirements (Questions 25-28) | |||
II. Sealed Source and Device (SS&D) Evaluation Program (Questions 29-30) | |||
III. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Program (Question 31) | |||
===RESPONSE=== | |||
The above indicators and associated Questions 25 through 31 are not applicable to Region IV. | |||
IV. Uranium Recovery Program | IV. Uranium Recovery Program | ||
: 32. Please include information on the following questions in Section A, as they apply to the Uranium Recovery Program: | : 32. Please include information on the following questions in Section A, as they apply to the Uranium Recovery Program: | ||
Technical Staffing and Training | Technical Staffing and Training - Questions 2-9 Status of Materials Inspection Program - Questions 10-14 Technical Quality of Inspections - Questions 15-17 Technical Quality of Licensing Actions - Questions 18-22 Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities - Questions 23-24 | ||
- Questions 2 | |||
-9 | ===RESPONSE=== | ||
- Questions 10 | The information regarding the Uranium Recovery program data is provided with the above responses. | ||
-14 | 12 | ||
- Questions 15 | |||
-17 | MATERIALS REQUESTED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE ON-SITE PORTION OF AN IMPEP REVIEW Please have the following information available for use by the IMPEP review team when they arrive at your office: | ||
- Questions 18 | * List of open license cases, with date of original request, and dates of follow-up actions. | ||
-22 | (Located in WBL) | ||
- Questions 23 | * List of licenses terminated during review period. (Located in WBL) | ||
-24 | * Copy of current log or other document used to track licensing actions. (Located in WBL) | ||
* List of all licensing actions completed during the review period (sorted by license reviewer, if possible). (Located in WBL) | |||
List of open license cases, with date of original request, and dates of follow | * Copy of current log or other document used to track inspections. (Located in WBL) | ||
-up actions. (Located in WBL) | * List of all inspections completed during the review period (sorted by inspector, if possible). (Located in WBL) | ||
List of licenses terminated during review period. | * List of inspection frequencies by license type. (Located in WBL and NRC procedures) | ||
* List of all allegations occurring during the review period. Show whether the allegation is open or closed and whether it was referred by NRC. (Region to provide) | |||
Copy of current log or other document used to track licensing actions. (Located in WBL) | * List of all licenses that your agency has imposed additional security requirements upon. | ||
List of all licensing actions completed during the review period (sorted by license reviewer, if possible). (Located in WBL) | (All licensees with Category II or greater quantities have security requirements consistent with 10 CFR Part 37. No additional information to be provided). | ||
Copy of current log or other document used to track inspections. (Located in WBL) | ALSO, PLEASE HAVE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE: | ||
List of all inspections completed during the review period (sorted by inspector, if possible). (Located in WBL) | * Standard license conditions (WBL) | ||
List of inspection frequencies by license type. (Located in WBL and NRC procedures) | * Emergency plan and communications list (Region IV will provide Telephone List of | ||
List of all allegations occurring during the review period. Show whether the allegation is open or closed and whether it was referred by NRC. (Region to provide) | * Technical procedures for licensing, staff) model licenses, review guides (NRC website) | ||
List of all licenses that your agency has imposed additional security requirements upon. (All licensees with Category II or greater quantities have security requirements consistent with 10 CFR Part 37. No additional information to be provided). ALSO, PLEASE HAVE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE: | * Procedures for investigating allegations | ||
Standard license conditions (WBL) | * SS&D review procedures, guides, and (NRC website) standards (NRC website) | ||
SS&D review procedures, guides, and standards (NRC website) | * Procedures for investigating incidents | ||
Instrument calibration records (Available as requested in the Regional Office) | * Instrument calibration records (Available as (NRC website and Regional Policy requested in the Regional Office) Guide 9007B) | ||
Inspection procedures and guides (NRC | * Inspection procedures and guides (NRC | ||
* Enforcement procedures, including procedures website) for escalated enforcement, severity levels, civil penalties (as applicable) (NRC website) | |||
* Inspection report forms (NRC website) | |||
Job description (Position Descriptions are available as requested in the Regional Office) | * Job description (Position Descriptions are | ||
* Records of results of supervisory available as requested in the Regional Office) accompaniments of inspectors (Available as requested in the Regional Office) 13 | |||
ATTACHMENT 2 Uranium Recovery Overdue Inspections | ATTACHMENT 2 Uranium Recovery Overdue Inspections | ||
RIV DNMS URANIUM | RIV DNMS URANIUM RECOVERY Inspections Overdue Licensee Name License Docket Frequenc Start Date Exit Report Report Report Due Days to Report Date, Last Inspection Due Due Date Inspection Days >30 days for >60 days from Number y (mos.) Meeting Issued Time Date issue Number inspection/ Date (includes Overdue? Inspection Report Issued (or Onsite Date to Date Requir report license grace period) was 45 days for Team Report Issued ement issuance Overdue statement)? | ||
Power Resources, SUA-1548 040-08964 6 05/20/14 05/22/14 08/01/14 30 06/21/14 71 2014-001 09/09/13 03/09/14 04/09/14 YES 41 YES YES Inc. Smith Ranch Uranerz Energy SUA-1597 040-09067 6 06/23/14 06/24/14 09/26/14 30 07/24/14 94 2014-001 11/18/13 05/18/14 06/18/14 YES 5 YES YES Corp. Nichols Ranch Ur-Energy USA Lost SUA-1598 040-09068 6 01/27/15 08/20/15 09/11/15 45 10/04/15 22 2015-001 06/25/14 12/25/14 01/25/15 YES 2 NO YES Creek ISR, LLC Uranerz Energy SUA-1597 040-09067 6 03/17/15 03/18/15 09/29/15 45 05/02/15 195 2015-001 06/23/14 12/23/14 01/23/15 YES 53 YES YES Corp. Nichols Ranch Power Resources, SUA-1548 040-08964 6 04/14/15 04/16/15 07/14/15 45 05/31/15 89 2015-001 05/20/14 11/20/14 12/20/14 YES 115 YES YES Inc. Smith Ranch Uranium One-Willow SUA-1341 040-08502 6 05/27/15 07/13/15 08/07/15 30 08/12/15 25 2015-001 09/23/14 03/23/15 04/23/15 YES 34 NO YES Creek Ur-Energy USA Lost SUA-1598 040-09068 6 12/01/15 12/29/15 01/07/16 30 01/28/16 9 2015-002 01/27/15 07/27/15 08/27/15 YES 96 NO NO Creek ISR, LLC Uranerz Energy SUA-1597 040-09067 6 01/25/16 01/28/16 02/26/16 45 03/13/16 29 2016-001 03/17/15 09/17/15 10/17/15 YES 100 NO NO Corp. Nichols Ranch Cameco Crow Butte SUA-1534 040-08943 12 03/08/16 03/17/16 04/12/16 30 04/16/16 26 2016-001 06/03/14 06/03/15 09/03/15 YES 187 NO NO Resources Power Resources, SUA-1548 040-08964 6 06/21/16 10/25/16 11/23/16 30 11/24/16 29 2016-001 04/14/15 10/14/15 11/14/15 YES 220 NO YES Inc. Smith Ranch Uranium One-Willow SUA-1341 040-08502 6 07/26/16 07/28/16 08/26/16 30 08/27/16 29 2016-001 05/27/15 11/27/15 12/27/15 YES 212 NO NO Creek UNC Church Rock SUA-1475 040-08907 24 08/16/16 08/16/16 09/07/16 30 09/15/16 22 2016-001 07/18/13 07/18/15 01/18/16 YES 211 NO NO Kennecott Energy-SUA-1350 040-08584 24 09/20/16 09/20/16 10/03/16 30 10/20/16 13 2016-001 08/28/13 08/28/15 02/28/16 YES 205 NO NO Sweetwater | |||
RIV DNMS URANIUM RECOVERY Inspections Overdue Licensee Name License Docket Frequenc Start Date Exit Report Report Report Due Days to Report Date, Last Inspection Due Due Date Inspection Days >30 days for >60 days from Number y (mos.) Meeting Issued Time Date issue Number inspection/ Date (includes Overdue? Inspection Report Issued (or Onsite Date to Date Requir report license grace period) was 45 days for Team Report Issued ement issuance Overdue statement)? | |||
Pathfinder Shirley SUA-442 040-06622 24 09/21/16 09/21/16 10/19/16 30 10/21/16 28 2016-001 09/25/13 09/25/15 03/25/16 YES 180 NO NO Basin ExxonMobil SUA-1139 040-08102 24 09/22/16 09/22/16 10/21/16 30 10/22/16 29 2016-001 09/24/13 09/24/15 03/24/16 YES 182 NO NO Highland Ur-Energy USA Lost SUA-1598 040-09068 6 09/27/16 11/22/16 12/21/16 45 01/06/17 29 2016-001 12/01/15 06/01/16 07/01/16 YES 88 NO YES Creek ISR, LLC Strata Energy, Inc. | |||
SUA-1601 040-09091 6 01/31/17 02/02/17 03/02/17 30 03/04/17 28 2017-002 06/07/16 12/07/16 01/07/17 YES 24 NO NO Ross Homestake Mining SUA-1471 040-08903 6 04/24/17 06/12/17 07/07/17 30 07/12/17 25 2017-001 08/24/16 02/24/17 03/24/17 YES 31 NO YES Ur-Energy USA Lost SUA-1598 040-09068 6 05/23/17 07/06/17 08/04/17 30 08/05/17 29 2017-001 09/27/16 03/27/17 04/27/17 YES 26 NO YES Creek ISR, LLC Cameco Crow Butte SUA-1534 040-08943 12 06/20/17 06/22/17 07/19/17 30 07/22/17 27 2017-001 03/08/16 03/08/17 06/08/17 YES 12 NO NO Resources Ur-Energy USA Lost SUA-1598 040-09068 6 05/22/18 05/24/18 06/22/18 30 06/23/18 29 2018-001 10/17/17 04/17/18 05/17/18 YES 5 NO NO Creek ISR, LLC Power Resources, SUA-1548 040-08964 6 06/25/18 06/28/18 07/27/18 30 07/28/18 29 2018-001 11/14/17 05/14/18 06/14/18 YES 11 NO NO Inc. Smith Ranch UMETCO - Gas Hills SUA-648 040-00299 24 08/28/18 08/28/18 09/21/18 30 09/27/18 24 2018-001 06/05/12 06/05/14 12/05/14 YES 1362 NO Western Nuclear - | |||
SUA-56 040-01162 24 08/28/18 08/28/18 09/18/18 30 09/27/18 21 2018-001 05/05/10 05/05/12 11/05/12 YES 2122 NO Split Rock Pathfinder Lucky SUA-672 040-02259 24 08/28/18 08/28/18 09/19/18 30 09/27/18 22 2018-001 05/04/10 05/04/12 11/04/12 YES 2123 NO NO MC Anadarko Bear SUA-1310 040-08452 24 08/31/18 08/31/18 09/26/18 30 09/30/18 26 2018-001 09/22/08 09/22/10 03/22/11 YES 2719 NO Creek | |||
RIV DNMS URANIUM RECOVERY Inspections Overdue Licensee Name License Docket Frequenc Start Date Exit Report Report Report Due Days to Report Date, Last Inspection Due Due Date Inspection Days >30 days for >60 days from Number y (mos.) Meeting Issued Time Date issue Number inspection/ Date (includes Overdue? Inspection Report Issued (or Onsite Date to Date Requir report license grace period) was 45 days for Team Report Issued ement issuance Overdue statement)? | |||
Cameco Crow Butte SUA-1534 040-08943 12 11/05/18 11/08/18 12/06/18 30 12/08/18 28 2018-001 06/20/17 06/20/18 09/20/18 YES 46 NO NO Resources ANC-Gas Hills SUA-667 040-04492 24 01/22/19 03/01/19 30 03/31/19 05/02/07 05/02/09 11/02/09 YES 3368 n/a NO Hydro Resources SUA-1580 040-08968 12 01/00/00 01/05/98 01/05/99 04/05/99 n/a NO Crownpoint Uranium One-SUA-1596 040-09073 12 01/00/00 09/30/10 09/30/11 12/30/11 n/a NO Moore Ranch Powertech Dewey SUA-1600 040-09075 12 01/00/00 04/08/14 04/08/15 07/08/15 n/a NO Burdock AUC Reno Creek SUA-1602 040-09092 12 01/00/00 02/17/17 02/17/18 05/17/18 n/a n/a NO | |||
ATTACHMENT 3 Branch Chief Accompaniments | |||
BRANCH CHIEF ACCOMPANIMENT FOR INSPECTORS Inspector Name Branch CY 2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017 CY 2018 CY 2019 2020 Anderson, Stephanie FCDB Pruett-July Baca, Bernadette FCDB (In-Training) (In-Training) Kellar-August (Transferred to DRS) | |||
Vegel-January Brookhart, Lee FCDB Spitzberg-February Kellar-July Kellar-December Kellar-December Pruett-May Katanic-January Browder, Rachel FCDB Kellar-October Kellar-March Kellar-May Pruett-July Dykert, Jason MLIB Vasquez / September Shaffer - June Hay / November Hay / January Erickson, Randy DNMS Shaffer / June Campbell - September Thompson / November Vegel - January Not Performed Evans, Rob FCDB Kellar-September Kellar - November Kellar-February (Inspected 1/2 year) Katanic-November Gaines, Tony MLIB Vasquez / September Not Performed Gersey, Linda FCDB Spitzberg-February Kellar-November (Inspected 1/2 year) Kellar-November Not Performed Thompson-February MLIB (Part-time Hammond, Michelle Inspector) Whitten / December Whitten - March (Inspection March '16) Hay / May MLIB (Part-time Hanson, Latischa Inspector) Whitten / August Whitten - June (Inspection March '16) Pruett-May Katanic, Janine MLIB Shaffer - May Kellar /September Hay / Nov 2017 Pruett-September Munoz, Rick MLIB Vasquez / September Vasquez - June Howell-November Poston, Marti FCDB (Rotation to ACES) Vasquez - March Kellar / August Kellar-August Katanic-November Schlapper, Gerry FCDB Kellar-June Kellar-July Whitten - July MLIB (Part-time Whitten / December Simmons, Michelle Inspector) 2013 (tracked by FY) Whitten - March Thompson / December Spitzberg-February Kellar-December Howell - November Pruett/May Simpson, Eric FCDB Vegel-January Kellar-July (tracked by FY) Kellar - December Pruett/September Katanic-January Smith, Chris FCDB Pruett/September Katanic-January Stearns, Don FCDB Vasquez / August Kellar/March Whitten - July Katanic-November Steely, Chris FCDB Pruett-October Thompson, James MLIB Vasquez / October Shaffer-January Kellar / June Hay / November Hay / July MLIB (Part-time Whitten - February Torres, Roberto Inspector) Whitten / June Whitten - March Campbell / September | |||
Inspector Name Branch CY 2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017 CY 2018 CY 2019 2020 vonEhr, Jason MLIB Shaffer / April Pruett / July Note: PG 1038 specifies that part-time inspectors should be accompanied every 18 months. | |||
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Issue date: | 03/13/2019 |
From: | Rachel Browder Division of Nuclear Materials Safety IV |
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From: Browder, Rachel To: Rakovan, Lance Cc: Pruett, Troy; Howell, Linda
Subject:
Region IV DNMS Response to the 2019 IMPEP Questionnaire Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 4:52:24 PM Attachments: RIV DNMS 2019 IMPEP Questionnaire Response with Attachments - March 13 2019.pdf Mr. Rakovan, This is in response to your memorandum dated October 16, 2018 (ADAMS Accession ML18289A538) to Mr. Kriss M. Kennedy, RIV Regional Administrator, regarding scheduling the Region IV Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) review and requesting the completion of the IMPEP Questionnaire by March 15, 2019. Region IV DNMS has completed the IMPEP Questionnaire, which is provided as an attachment to this email.
If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. We look forward to having you and your team in our offices for the IMPEP review, scheduled April 1-5, 2019.
Sincerely, Rachel Rachel S. Browder, CHP Sr. Health Physicist US NRC, Region IV 1600 East Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011-4511 Work: 817-200-1452 Cell: 817-946-4812 Main: 817.860.8100
2019 IMPEP Review NRC Region IV DNMS
Approved by OMB 1 Control No. 3150-0183 Expires 01/31/2020 INTEGRATED MATERIALS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAM QUESTIONNAIRE NRC Region IV Materials Program Reporting Period: May 3, 2014 - April 5, 2019 Note: If there has been no change in the response to a specific question since the last IMPEP questionnaire, the State or Region may copy the previous answer, if appropriate.
A. GENERAL
- 1. Please prepare a summary of the status of the State's or Region's actions taken in response to each of the open recommendations from previous IMPEP reviews.
RESPONSE
Region IV did not have any open recommendations from previous IMPEP reviews. Therefore, there is no response necessary. Region IV DNMS performed several audits during the review period and those audits and the associated corrective actions will be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review, as requested.
B. COMMON PERFORMANCE INDICATORS I. Technical Staffing and Training
- 2. Please provide organization charts, including names and positions for Region IV and the Division of Nuclear Materials Safety.
RESPONSE
Region IV provided the organization charts in Attachment 1.
- 3. Please provide a staffing plan, or complete a listing using the suggested format below, of the professional (technical) full-time equivalents (FTE) applied to the radioactive materials program and uranium recovery program by individual and position.
1Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary collection request: 53 hours6.134259e-4 days <br />0.0147 hours <br />8.763227e-5 weeks <br />2.01665e-5 months <br />. Forward comments regarding burden estimate to the Records Management Branch (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0183), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.
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RESPONSE
Region IV provided the organization charts in Attachment 1. The internal budget and staffing plan will be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review.
- 4. Please provide a listing of all new professional personnel hired into your radioactive materials program and uranium recovery program since the last review, indicate the date of hire; the degree(s) they received, if applicable; additional training; and years of experience in health physics or other disciplines, as appropriate.
RESPONSE
Hire Qualifications Name Position Degree Comment Date IMC Date MATERIALS Allyce Health DNMS: Interim: Feb 2019 BS: Nuclear Emergency Bolger Physicist 11/26/17 1248 Engineering, Response App B Rensselaer Coordinator Polytechnic Reactor R1: 1245 May 2013 Institute, NY Allegation /
Inspector 6/19/11 App C1 Enforcement Specialist DECOMMISSIONING Stephanie Health DNMS: 1248 Aug 2018 BS: Electrical Fire Protection Anderson Physicist 7/23/17 App F Engineering, specialty Tuskegee Reactor R1: 1245 C1 May 2013 University, AL Inspector 6/19/11 1245 C2 May 2016 Austin Health DNMS: 1248 (In BA: Math, Rice Naval Nuclear Roberts Physicist 11/12/17 App F Progress) University Power Program MS:
Rx Systems HQ: Engineering Engineer 1/25/15 Management, Old Dominion University Chris DNMS: BS: Nuclear Operations Steely Health 10/1/17 1248 Engineering specialty Oct 2018 Physicist App F Technology, 2
Hire Qualifications Name Position Degree Comment Date IMC Date R4: Thomas Edison Reactor 7/20/08 1245, C1 May 2010 State Inspector University, NJ License 1245 Examiner C10 Jan 2010 Naval Nuclear (Examiner) Power Nov 2010 Program (Chief Examiner)
Richard Health DNMS: 1248 On Active BS: Physics, Kaiser Physicist 12/29/2014 App F Military Northwestern Duty: State University of 2/3/2015 - Louisiana.
3/17/2016 MS: Physics, 2/23/2017 - University of Present Texas at Arlington
- 5. Please list all professional staff who have not yet met the qualification requirements for a radioactive materials license reviewer, inspector, or uranium recovery inspector. For each, list the courses or equivalent training/experience they need and a tentative schedule for completion of these requirements.
RESPONSE: Following is a summary of the staff who are in progress of their qualification requirements.
Allyce Bolger started in Region IV DNMS on November 26, 2017. She started her Manual Chapter 1248, Appendix F, Decommissioning qualification and changed to Appendix B, Materials Inspector qualification program, based on staff resources in the Division. On February 22, 2019, she obtained her interim qualification under Appendix B, for certain program codes. She lacks several OJTs for other program code modalities. It is anticipated that once those inspections are completed, shell obtain her full qualification in March 2020.
Austin Roberts started Region IV DNMS on November 12, 2017. He started Manual Chapter 1248, Appendix F, Decommissioning qualification. Three training courses remain, along with an inspector accompaniment of a complex materials facility and some ISAs. Tentative completion of his full qualification is expected by July 2019.
Martha Poston-Brown has been in the Region IV DNMS office and is qualified as an inspector in multiple areas. Her most recent cross-qualification is IMC 1248, Appendix F, Decommissioning. She plans to perform her OJT at Ft. Calhoun Station (Reactor Decommissioning) in May 2019. Once completed, shell obtain her full qualification.
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Richard Kaiser started in Region IV DNMS on December 29, 2014. He started his Manual Chapter 1248 training; however, he was called to active military duty from 2/3/2015 - 3/17/2016 and again from 2/23/2017 - Present. He was extended for another year starting January 2019. It is unknown when he will return to the office.
- 6. Identify any changes to your qualification and training procedure that occurred during the review period.
RESPONSE
Region IV implements the NRC qualification program, which is available under the respective manual chapter on the NRC public website. No action is required by the Region IV office.
- 7. Please identify the technical staff that left your radioactive materials program during the review period and indicate the date they left.
RESPONSE
Region IV provided the technical staff that left the program in the organization charts in Attachment 1. In addition, a summary is provided below.
Name, Title Date Left DNMS Tony Vegal, Division Director July 27, 2014 Mark Shaffer, Division Director October 14, 2018 Jack Whitten, Branch Chief October 14, 2017 Vivian Campbell, Branch Chief April 28, 2018 Michael Vasquez, Branch Chief January 8, 2018 Mike Hay, Branch Chief October 1, 2018 Ray Kellar, Branch Chief July 2018 Tony Gaines, Sr. HP, Materials Inspector May 30, 2015 Rick Munoz, HP, Materials Inspector January 9, 2016 Pete Hernandez, HP, Materials Inspector in training April 2018 Casey Alldredge, HP, License Reviewer in training October 2016 4
Name, Title Date Left DNMS Gerry Schlapper, HP, Decommissioning March 31, 2017 Don Stearns, HP, Decommissioning April 29, 2017 Bernadette Baca, HP, Uranium Recovery October 1, 2018 Colleen Murnahan, Licensing Assistant September 26, 2014 Jennifer Bridges, Licensing Assistant March 2017
- 8. List any vacant positions in your radioactive materials program, the length of time each position has been vacant, and a brief summary of efforts to fill the vacancy.
RESPONSE
Region IV provided the organizational charts in Attachment 1, which captures the vacancies during the review period.
II. Status of Materials Inspection Program
- 10. Please identify individual licensees or categories of licensees the Region is inspecting less frequently than called for in NRCs Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2800 and for uranium recovery, and explain the reason for the difference.
The list only needs to include the following information: license category or licensee name and license number, your inspection interval, and rationale for the difference.
RESPONSE
For Materials Program under IMC 2800, Region IV inspects facilities at the frequency described in the manual and has not modified the frequency.
For Uranium Program under IMC 2641 for in-situ leach facilities, and IMC 2801 for decommissioning uranium sites, Region IV currently inspects at the frequency described in the manual and has implemented a process to document any changes to the inspection frequency. In addition, the Division is pursuing further clarifications for certain types of facilities described in the manual. Further specifics are provided below.
- Facilities that have licenses but have not started any construction activities, have not been inspected and the IMC 2641 does not specify when pre-operation or initial inspections must be performed. Going forward, the Region IV Divisional office will contact the licensee annually and document the status of the facility in order to determine when to start inspection activities. In addition, feedback form for IMC 2641 will be provided to the Program Office to further clarify this process.
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- The decision to reschedule or postpone inspections for operating and decommissioning uranium facilities due to the status of licensee activities, weather, Region IV Divisional office staffing and workload, will be documented in an internal Memo approved by management, as specified in each of the IMCs.
- 11. Please provide the number of routine inspections of Priority 1, 2, and 3 licensees, as defined in IMC 2800 and the number of initial inspections that were completed during each year of the review period.
RESPONSE
The information for materials licensees is available in WBL. No action required by Region IV.
Please see the following summary for Uranium recovery data. The detailed inspection information will be made available during the review. In addition, the master inspection plans (MIPs) generated for each year, will be made available during the IMPEP review.
URANIUM RECOVERY DATA FISCAL YEAR Total number of Number of overdue inspections reports 2014 (since May 2014) 7 5 2015 7 3 2016 18 0 2017 11 2 2018 14 1 TOTAL 57 11
- 12. Please submit a table, or a computer printout, that identifies inspections of Priority 1, 2, and 3 licensees and initial inspections that were conducted overdue.
At a minimum, the list should include the following information for each inspection that was conducted overdue during the review period:
(1) Licensee Name (2) License Number (3) Priority (IMC 2800)
(4) Last inspection date or license issuance date, if initial inspection (5) Date Due (6) Date Performed (7) Amount of Time Overdue (8) Date inspection findings issued 6
RESPONSE
The information for materials licensees is available in WBL. No action required by Region IV.
The summary of Uranium Recovery inspections conducted overdue is available in Attachment 2.
- 13. Please submit a table or computer printout that identifies any Priority 1, 2, and 3 licensees and initial inspections that are currently overdue, per IMC 2800. At a minimum, the list should include the same information for each overdue inspection provided for Question 12 plus your action plan for completing the inspection. Also include your plan for completing the overdue inspections.
RESPONSE
The information for materials licensees is available in WBL. There are no specific licensees that are overdue for routine inspections based on the criteria under IMC 2800. In addition, there are no overdue field office inspections based solely on the calculation criteria under IMC 2800. However, Region IV is making a concerted effort to inspect permanent field office(s) authorized on licenses, starting with Priority 1s, which have never been inspected. Therefore, these inspections could be considered overdue based on IMC 2800 criteria that Inspection of various field offices should be rotated to assess the licensee's entire program over several inspection cycles. Some of the permanent field offices have not been inspected over several inspection cycles. More detailed information on the proposed permanent field office inspections will be available during the INPEP review, as requested.
The information for each Uranium Recovery license will be made available during the IMPEP review. In addition, a summary of the overdue inspections is provided in Attachment 2. During 2018 and 2019, Region IV made a concerted effort to perform all overdue inspections at operating and decommissioning uranium facilities. For those facilities that have a license and have not yet started construction activities, the Region IV Divisional office will contact the licensee annually and document the status of the facility in order to determine when to start inspection activities. This activity is being tracked in a Branch Action Item tracker. In addition, the Region has developed a more detailed Master Inspection Plan to track required inspections under the Uranium and Decommissioning programs.
- 14. Please provide the number of reciprocity licensees that were candidates for inspection per year as described in IMC 1220 and indicate the number of reciprocity inspections of candidate licensees that were completed each year during the review period.
RESPONSE
During the past five calendar years, DNMS has only met the required inspection metric of 20% of reciprocity candidates once, in calendar year 2017, and only then by the then-Director instructing that a non-candidate whose inspection 7
resulted in escalated enforcement will be counted towards the 20%. The table below summarizes the Region IVs performance with respect to reciprocity.
CY Total Inspections Inspections Failed Total % of Inspections of Pri-5 of Attempted Candidates Candidates (Candidates and Candidates Inspections (Inspections &
Attempts) Attempts) 2014 4 1 3 1 44 9.0 2015 5 2 5 0 40 12.5 2016 6 1 7* 0 46 13.0 2017 12 5 8 4 37 32.4 2018 7 2 5 2 36 19.4 thru Oct.
2018** 8 2 5 3 41 19.5
- Did not count one of the inspections as a candidate due to previous inspection performed during 2015.
- Updated data for 2018 after the Audit was completed.
III. Technical Quality of Inspections
- 15. What, if any, changes were made to your written inspection procedures during the reporting period?
RESPONSE
Region IV uses the NRC inspection procedures available on the public website.
No action required by Region IV.
- 16. Prepare a table showing the number and types of supervisory accompaniments made during the review period. Include:
Inspector Supervisor License Category Date
RESPONSE
The information for Branch Chief accompaniments of inspectors is available in Attachment 3. In addition, the Region IV Policy Guides applicable to accompaniments will be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review.
- 17. Describe or provide an update on your instrumentation, methods of calibration, and laboratory capabilities. Are all instruments properly calibrated at the present time? Were there sufficient calibrated instruments available throughout the review period?
RESPONSE
Region IV maintains an inventory list of instruments available to staff. The Project Manager (Eric Simpson, CHP) for the instrument program has been proactive in ensuring the number and types of instruments are available and calibrated for the nature of radioactive materials encountered in the region to support the reactor, materials, and uranium programs. The inventory list is substantial and will be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review. In 8
addition, the procedures that govern the instrumentation program will also be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review.
IV. Technical Quality of Licensing Actions
- 18. How many specific radioactive material licenses does your program regulate at this time?
RESPONSE
Region IV uses WBL to maintain the specific radioactive material licenses. No action required by Region IV.
- 19. Please identify any major, unusual, or complex licenses which were issued, received a major amendment, were terminated, decommissioned, submitted a bankruptcy notification or renewed in this period.
RESPONSE
Please see the following Table for the actions that Region IV identified as major, unusual, or complex. Please note that Headquarters processes all bankruptcy notifications; therefore, those cases are not provided in the following table.
License Docket Control Action Type Licensee Request Number Number Number Complex EPA, Decommissioning 05-14892-02 030-08754 609555 (Amendment) Region 8 University of Complex Alaska, Decommissioning 50-02430-07 030-01179 610951 (Amendment)
Fairbanks Complex CH2M Hill, Inc. New License (D&D) 43-35500-01 030-39123 609565 (New)
New License Complex Adanta, Inc. (D&D) Suspended 04-35485-01 030-39106 602775 (New) for first time New D&D license; Complex Adanta, Inc. Suspended for 04-35485-01 030-39135 610270 (New) second time other service Complex Radiation sources less than 11-35111-01 030-38691 591864 (Amendment) Solutions, LLC or equal to 100 Ci Dept of the Medical Broad Complex Army, William Scope changing to 42-05255-07 030-03260 591759 (Amendment) Beaumont Army limited specific Medical Center Complex Hill AFB, US Air Decommissioning 42-23539-01AF 030-28641 584307 (MML) Force TAR Acuren USA Instadose 50-32443-01 030-38596 594399 9
License Docket Control Action Type Licensee Request Number Number Number TAR DBI, Inc. Instadose 15-29301-02 030-38754 592504 10 CFR 20.2002 Core 609095 alternate waste TAR Laboratories, 42-26928-01 030-30429 and disposal method Inc. 588388 (ML16020A283)
University of TAR Alaska Decommissioning 50-02430-07 030-01179 590694 Fairbanks Providence TAR HDR 50-17838-01 030-13426 609722 Alaska
- 20. Discuss any variances in licensing policies and procedures or exemptions from the regulations granted during the review period.
RESPONSE
Region IV Division did not issue any variances in licensing policies and procedures during the review period. The exemptions granted during the review period were under 10 CFR 30.12 exemption requests. Following are the total number of 10 CFR 30.12 exemptions processed in accordance with the guidance provided by the Program Office. Further details are available upon request.
Fiscal Year Total Number of Exemptions Processed FY 2014 10 FY 2015 14 FY 2016 17 FY 2017 35 FY 2018 38 FY 2019 until 1/31/19 13 TOTAL 127
- 21. What, if any, changes were made in your written licensing procedures (new procedures, updates, policy memoranda, etc.) during the reporting period?
RESPONSE
Region IV utilizes the guidance provided in the NUREG-1556 series and the information provided on the Materials Licensees Toolkits on the NRC website.
- 22. Identify by licensee name and license number any renewal applications that have been pending for one year or more. Please indicate why these reviews have been delayed and describe your action plan to reduce the backlog.
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RESPONSE
Region IV summarized the renewals that exceeded one year or more in the Table below. In addition, the Region reviewed and summarized all licensing actions that exceeded the internal processing metric, and will provide the information to the IMPEP Team during the review, as requested.
FY, Action Type Control Number License Docket Licensee Reason For Delay Process Time Number Number There were a large number of FY16, Renewal Providence renewals during the year in 585345 Alaska Medical 50-17838-01 030-13426 combination with working 454 days Center groups that contributed to the license reviewers workload.
There were a large number of FY16, Renewal renewals during the year in Calumet Montana 584286 25-27488-01 030-33433 combination with working Refining 585 days groups that contributed to the license reviewers workload.
V. Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities
- 23. For Agreement States, please provide a list of any reportable incidents not previously submitted to NRC (See Procedure SA-300, Reporting Material Events, for additional guidance, OMB clearance number 3150-0178).
RESPONSE
Question #23 is not applicable to Region IV.
- 24. Identify any changes to your procedures for responding to incidents and allegations that occurred during the period of this review.
RESPONSE
Region IV made changes to its procedures for responding to incidents and allegations. The procedures are identified below and will be made available to the IMPEP Team during the review.
- PG 9007B, Reactor Inspection and Licensee Event Report (LER) Guidance for DNMS Staff, dated January 3, 2019
- PG 9007B, Handling of Materials Licensee Event Reports (LERs) by DNMS Staff dated August 26, 2009.
- 0858.16, Management of Allegations, January 14, 2015
- 0858.15, Management of Allegations, May 26, 2014 11
C. NON-COMMON PERFORMANCE INDICATORS I. Compatibility Requirements (Questions 25-28)
II. Sealed Source and Device (SS&D) Evaluation Program (Questions 29-30)
III. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Program (Question 31)
RESPONSE
The above indicators and associated Questions 25 through 31 are not applicable to Region IV.
IV. Uranium Recovery Program
- 32. Please include information on the following questions in Section A, as they apply to the Uranium Recovery Program:
Technical Staffing and Training - Questions 2-9 Status of Materials Inspection Program - Questions 10-14 Technical Quality of Inspections - Questions 15-17 Technical Quality of Licensing Actions - Questions 18-22 Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities - Questions 23-24
RESPONSE
The information regarding the Uranium Recovery program data is provided with the above responses.
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MATERIALS REQUESTED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE ON-SITE PORTION OF AN IMPEP REVIEW Please have the following information available for use by the IMPEP review team when they arrive at your office:
- List of open license cases, with date of original request, and dates of follow-up actions.
(Located in WBL)
- List of licenses terminated during review period. (Located in WBL)
- Copy of current log or other document used to track licensing actions. (Located in WBL)
- List of all licensing actions completed during the review period (sorted by license reviewer, if possible). (Located in WBL)
- Copy of current log or other document used to track inspections. (Located in WBL)
- List of all inspections completed during the review period (sorted by inspector, if possible). (Located in WBL)
- List of inspection frequencies by license type. (Located in WBL and NRC procedures)
- List of all allegations occurring during the review period. Show whether the allegation is open or closed and whether it was referred by NRC. (Region to provide)
- List of all licenses that your agency has imposed additional security requirements upon.
(All licensees with Category II or greater quantities have security requirements consistent with 10 CFR Part 37. No additional information to be provided).
ALSO, PLEASE HAVE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE:
- Standard license conditions (WBL)
- Emergency plan and communications list (Region IV will provide Telephone List of
- Technical procedures for licensing, staff) model licenses, review guides (NRC website)
- Procedures for investigating allegations
- SS&D review procedures, guides, and (NRC website) standards (NRC website)
- Procedures for investigating incidents
- Instrument calibration records (Available as (NRC website and Regional Policy requested in the Regional Office) Guide 9007B)
- Inspection procedures and guides (NRC
- Enforcement procedures, including procedures website) for escalated enforcement, severity levels, civil penalties (as applicable) (NRC website)
- Inspection report forms (NRC website)
- Job description (Position Descriptions are
- Records of results of supervisory available as requested in the Regional Office) accompaniments of inspectors (Available as requested in the Regional Office) 13
ATTACHMENT 2 Uranium Recovery Overdue Inspections
RIV DNMS URANIUM RECOVERY Inspections Overdue Licensee Name License Docket Frequenc Start Date Exit Report Report Report Due Days to Report Date, Last Inspection Due Due Date Inspection Days >30 days for >60 days from Number y (mos.) Meeting Issued Time Date issue Number inspection/ Date (includes Overdue? Inspection Report Issued (or Onsite Date to Date Requir report license grace period) was 45 days for Team Report Issued ement issuance Overdue statement)?
Power Resources, SUA-1548 040-08964 6 05/20/14 05/22/14 08/01/14 30 06/21/14 71 2014-001 09/09/13 03/09/14 04/09/14 YES 41 YES YES Inc. Smith Ranch Uranerz Energy SUA-1597 040-09067 6 06/23/14 06/24/14 09/26/14 30 07/24/14 94 2014-001 11/18/13 05/18/14 06/18/14 YES 5 YES YES Corp. Nichols Ranch Ur-Energy USA Lost SUA-1598 040-09068 6 01/27/15 08/20/15 09/11/15 45 10/04/15 22 2015-001 06/25/14 12/25/14 01/25/15 YES 2 NO YES Creek ISR, LLC Uranerz Energy SUA-1597 040-09067 6 03/17/15 03/18/15 09/29/15 45 05/02/15 195 2015-001 06/23/14 12/23/14 01/23/15 YES 53 YES YES Corp. Nichols Ranch Power Resources, SUA-1548 040-08964 6 04/14/15 04/16/15 07/14/15 45 05/31/15 89 2015-001 05/20/14 11/20/14 12/20/14 YES 115 YES YES Inc. Smith Ranch Uranium One-Willow SUA-1341 040-08502 6 05/27/15 07/13/15 08/07/15 30 08/12/15 25 2015-001 09/23/14 03/23/15 04/23/15 YES 34 NO YES Creek Ur-Energy USA Lost SUA-1598 040-09068 6 12/01/15 12/29/15 01/07/16 30 01/28/16 9 2015-002 01/27/15 07/27/15 08/27/15 YES 96 NO NO Creek ISR, LLC Uranerz Energy SUA-1597 040-09067 6 01/25/16 01/28/16 02/26/16 45 03/13/16 29 2016-001 03/17/15 09/17/15 10/17/15 YES 100 NO NO Corp. Nichols Ranch Cameco Crow Butte SUA-1534 040-08943 12 03/08/16 03/17/16 04/12/16 30 04/16/16 26 2016-001 06/03/14 06/03/15 09/03/15 YES 187 NO NO Resources Power Resources, SUA-1548 040-08964 6 06/21/16 10/25/16 11/23/16 30 11/24/16 29 2016-001 04/14/15 10/14/15 11/14/15 YES 220 NO YES Inc. Smith Ranch Uranium One-Willow SUA-1341 040-08502 6 07/26/16 07/28/16 08/26/16 30 08/27/16 29 2016-001 05/27/15 11/27/15 12/27/15 YES 212 NO NO Creek UNC Church Rock SUA-1475 040-08907 24 08/16/16 08/16/16 09/07/16 30 09/15/16 22 2016-001 07/18/13 07/18/15 01/18/16 YES 211 NO NO Kennecott Energy-SUA-1350 040-08584 24 09/20/16 09/20/16 10/03/16 30 10/20/16 13 2016-001 08/28/13 08/28/15 02/28/16 YES 205 NO NO Sweetwater
RIV DNMS URANIUM RECOVERY Inspections Overdue Licensee Name License Docket Frequenc Start Date Exit Report Report Report Due Days to Report Date, Last Inspection Due Due Date Inspection Days >30 days for >60 days from Number y (mos.) Meeting Issued Time Date issue Number inspection/ Date (includes Overdue? Inspection Report Issued (or Onsite Date to Date Requir report license grace period) was 45 days for Team Report Issued ement issuance Overdue statement)?
Pathfinder Shirley SUA-442 040-06622 24 09/21/16 09/21/16 10/19/16 30 10/21/16 28 2016-001 09/25/13 09/25/15 03/25/16 YES 180 NO NO Basin ExxonMobil SUA-1139 040-08102 24 09/22/16 09/22/16 10/21/16 30 10/22/16 29 2016-001 09/24/13 09/24/15 03/24/16 YES 182 NO NO Highland Ur-Energy USA Lost SUA-1598 040-09068 6 09/27/16 11/22/16 12/21/16 45 01/06/17 29 2016-001 12/01/15 06/01/16 07/01/16 YES 88 NO YES Creek ISR, LLC Strata Energy, Inc.
SUA-1601 040-09091 6 01/31/17 02/02/17 03/02/17 30 03/04/17 28 2017-002 06/07/16 12/07/16 01/07/17 YES 24 NO NO Ross Homestake Mining SUA-1471 040-08903 6 04/24/17 06/12/17 07/07/17 30 07/12/17 25 2017-001 08/24/16 02/24/17 03/24/17 YES 31 NO YES Ur-Energy USA Lost SUA-1598 040-09068 6 05/23/17 07/06/17 08/04/17 30 08/05/17 29 2017-001 09/27/16 03/27/17 04/27/17 YES 26 NO YES Creek ISR, LLC Cameco Crow Butte SUA-1534 040-08943 12 06/20/17 06/22/17 07/19/17 30 07/22/17 27 2017-001 03/08/16 03/08/17 06/08/17 YES 12 NO NO Resources Ur-Energy USA Lost SUA-1598 040-09068 6 05/22/18 05/24/18 06/22/18 30 06/23/18 29 2018-001 10/17/17 04/17/18 05/17/18 YES 5 NO NO Creek ISR, LLC Power Resources, SUA-1548 040-08964 6 06/25/18 06/28/18 07/27/18 30 07/28/18 29 2018-001 11/14/17 05/14/18 06/14/18 YES 11 NO NO Inc. Smith Ranch UMETCO - Gas Hills SUA-648 040-00299 24 08/28/18 08/28/18 09/21/18 30 09/27/18 24 2018-001 06/05/12 06/05/14 12/05/14 YES 1362 NO Western Nuclear -
SUA-56 040-01162 24 08/28/18 08/28/18 09/18/18 30 09/27/18 21 2018-001 05/05/10 05/05/12 11/05/12 YES 2122 NO Split Rock Pathfinder Lucky SUA-672 040-02259 24 08/28/18 08/28/18 09/19/18 30 09/27/18 22 2018-001 05/04/10 05/04/12 11/04/12 YES 2123 NO NO MC Anadarko Bear SUA-1310 040-08452 24 08/31/18 08/31/18 09/26/18 30 09/30/18 26 2018-001 09/22/08 09/22/10 03/22/11 YES 2719 NO Creek
RIV DNMS URANIUM RECOVERY Inspections Overdue Licensee Name License Docket Frequenc Start Date Exit Report Report Report Due Days to Report Date, Last Inspection Due Due Date Inspection Days >30 days for >60 days from Number y (mos.) Meeting Issued Time Date issue Number inspection/ Date (includes Overdue? Inspection Report Issued (or Onsite Date to Date Requir report license grace period) was 45 days for Team Report Issued ement issuance Overdue statement)?
Cameco Crow Butte SUA-1534 040-08943 12 11/05/18 11/08/18 12/06/18 30 12/08/18 28 2018-001 06/20/17 06/20/18 09/20/18 YES 46 NO NO Resources ANC-Gas Hills SUA-667 040-04492 24 01/22/19 03/01/19 30 03/31/19 05/02/07 05/02/09 11/02/09 YES 3368 n/a NO Hydro Resources SUA-1580 040-08968 12 01/00/00 01/05/98 01/05/99 04/05/99 n/a NO Crownpoint Uranium One-SUA-1596 040-09073 12 01/00/00 09/30/10 09/30/11 12/30/11 n/a NO Moore Ranch Powertech Dewey SUA-1600 040-09075 12 01/00/00 04/08/14 04/08/15 07/08/15 n/a NO Burdock AUC Reno Creek SUA-1602 040-09092 12 01/00/00 02/17/17 02/17/18 05/17/18 n/a n/a NO
ATTACHMENT 3 Branch Chief Accompaniments
BRANCH CHIEF ACCOMPANIMENT FOR INSPECTORS Inspector Name Branch CY 2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017 CY 2018 CY 2019 2020 Anderson, Stephanie FCDB Pruett-July Baca, Bernadette FCDB (In-Training) (In-Training) Kellar-August (Transferred to DRS)
Vegel-January Brookhart, Lee FCDB Spitzberg-February Kellar-July Kellar-December Kellar-December Pruett-May Katanic-January Browder, Rachel FCDB Kellar-October Kellar-March Kellar-May Pruett-July Dykert, Jason MLIB Vasquez / September Shaffer - June Hay / November Hay / January Erickson, Randy DNMS Shaffer / June Campbell - September Thompson / November Vegel - January Not Performed Evans, Rob FCDB Kellar-September Kellar - November Kellar-February (Inspected 1/2 year) Katanic-November Gaines, Tony MLIB Vasquez / September Not Performed Gersey, Linda FCDB Spitzberg-February Kellar-November (Inspected 1/2 year) Kellar-November Not Performed Thompson-February MLIB (Part-time Hammond, Michelle Inspector) Whitten / December Whitten - March (Inspection March '16) Hay / May MLIB (Part-time Hanson, Latischa Inspector) Whitten / August Whitten - June (Inspection March '16) Pruett-May Katanic, Janine MLIB Shaffer - May Kellar /September Hay / Nov 2017 Pruett-September Munoz, Rick MLIB Vasquez / September Vasquez - June Howell-November Poston, Marti FCDB (Rotation to ACES) Vasquez - March Kellar / August Kellar-August Katanic-November Schlapper, Gerry FCDB Kellar-June Kellar-July Whitten - July MLIB (Part-time Whitten / December Simmons, Michelle Inspector) 2013 (tracked by FY) Whitten - March Thompson / December Spitzberg-February Kellar-December Howell - November Pruett/May Simpson, Eric FCDB Vegel-January Kellar-July (tracked by FY) Kellar - December Pruett/September Katanic-January Smith, Chris FCDB Pruett/September Katanic-January Stearns, Don FCDB Vasquez / August Kellar/March Whitten - July Katanic-November Steely, Chris FCDB Pruett-October Thompson, James MLIB Vasquez / October Shaffer-January Kellar / June Hay / November Hay / July MLIB (Part-time Whitten - February Torres, Roberto Inspector) Whitten / June Whitten - March Campbell / September
Inspector Name Branch CY 2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017 CY 2018 CY 2019 2020 vonEhr, Jason MLIB Shaffer / April Pruett / July Note: PG 1038 specifies that part-time inspectors should be accompanied every 18 months.
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